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By L. Elizabeth Forry
Arts and Crafts
Arts and Crafts
By L. Elizabeth Forry
Arts and Crafts
By Sharon Greenthal
Entertainment and Activities, Arts and Crafts, Sculpting and Playdough
By Jennifer Caffelle
  • Entertainment and Activities
    Paper Crafts

    Printmaking is perfect for preschool children. It yields great results, but doesn't require a lot of hand-eye coordination.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Paper Crafts

    Tie a string around a block, and have your preschoolers make prints with this homemade stamp!

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    Using tempera paint, your preschooler can decorate your window with leaf patterns.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    This easy-to-make bird feeder requires only peanut butter, a pinecone, and some bird seed.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Paper Crafts

    Follow these easy instructions to make a bowl from ordinary newspaper. Then let your child decorate it!

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    Instead of throwing away dried up markers, let your toddler use them as an alternative to paint brushes.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Arts and Crafts

    Use these recipes to make decorative materials for use in various arts and crafts projects.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    Using a cork as a stamp, your toddler can produce his own form of the art style called pointillism.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    Your child will enjoy matching cards of the same color in this cooperative activity.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Arts and Crafts

    Help your child create a time capsule to be opened next year – or ten years from now.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    This art project lets your preschooler incorporate her thumbprint into a sketch of a mouse!

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    These simple instructions will help you build a piñata at home with your preschooler.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    Your preschooler can lead her own parade with this shaker. Follow the instructions to help her make one.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    Help your preschooler learn about climate, geography, and weather with this cloud-watching activity.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    This alternative to paints can make your toddler's art projects less messy.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Arts and Crafts

    These homemade glue and paste recipes are easy to make. Your toddler can use them with all of his art projects.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    For an interesting effect, let your child use bubble wrap to press paint onto paper.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    In this wild tag game, you name a color and your toddler has ten seconds to find something with that color.

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